Early morning inside a cave by the river, Gumball laid asleep holding a dead fish in his hands. He slowly started waking up and smelled something unusual, which woke him up even faster.

"What smells like rotten fish?" He asked trying to get up, when he quickly grabbed his head in pain.

"And why does my head hurt?" He then noticed that he was holding something.

"What the? Eww." He said as he tossed a rotten fish aside, but then grabbed his head again in pain. He then managed to sit upright and looked around. Something was missing.

"Wheres Lexy? maybe she knows what happened."

He slowly forced himself up and made his way to the caves exit. He used one hand to lean on the wall to balance himself. Once outside he saw Lexy sitting by the river with her feet in the water. His head felt heavy, but he kept going till he got to her. He sat down next to her, but she didn't stop looking at the water.

"You smell like fish." She said jokingly.

"Yeah. I was hoping you could tell me why."

She chuckled a bit remembering the night.

"When we got here you found another bottle of rum and decided to drink some of it." She explained. "Next thing I see is you splashing around in the water like a little kitten trying to catch fish with your hands. I.m surprised you caught one considering how much you were falling down. For some reason though, you just kept holding it and eventually fell asleep with it." She finished explaining now looking at Gumball.

"Well, I'm never drinking again."

"Trust me, this was the first of many."

The two looked at the water for a while, with Gumball still holding his head and trying not to look at the fish around.

"You really like it here." Gumball said.

"I used to come here, just to get away from it all."

"How did you become a pirate?"

Lexy moved her feet around in the water, taking a moment to think.

"I was adopted when I was still a kitten." She started still playing with her feet in the water. "I never knew my parents and my new parents weren't all that great. I met Carrie when I was 17 and we became the best of friends. That's also how I got to know the captain. He grew a liking to me and started training me to defend myself. Then at the age of 18 I asked if I could come with him."

"And he just let you come aboard?"

"The fact that there were already two other teens aboard made convincing him easier. And that's the story of how I became a pirate."

Gumball nodded his head in understanding, but immediately felt a bit of pain striking his head.

It was now almost midday and everyone not already on the ship was gathered at the docks. Captain Endo was busy talking with Mr. Kreuger. They then stopped and went to the crew.

"Alright first wave on the boat." He said.

"He talks so much more now." Said one of the crew members.

Carrie's father came to her and placed his hands on her shoulders.

"Do you have everything you need?" He asked her.

"Yes father. I'm ready to go."

"Ok then. Be safe and bring Kira back." he said before hugging her. He then whispered something in her ear and finished the hug. The quartermaster then came to them and held out a simple sword.

"Its not much, but its better then nothing." He said to Carrie.

"No need for that." Mr. Kreuger said.

"She's going to need to be able to defend herself."

"Which is why I got her this." He said as he floated over to small wooden rectangular crate. He picked it up and brought it to her.

"This is for you." He said. She opened it and revealed a French court sword, best known for its perfect balance between speed and power.

"But father, this is your sword."

"My pirating days stopped five years ago when I decided that I would no longer risk leaving my daughter without a father." he said with a emotional smile.

She responded with the same facial expression, only she had tears forming in her eyes. She wiped them off and took the sword with both hands. She then took it by the hilt with her right and held it there inspecting it.

"Now that's a fine sword." Said the quartermaster.

"Thank you father." She said and hugged him one last time.

Soon everyone was on the ship, ready to take on the sea and the ships they were going to face.

"Douse the royals and mains! We make sail for the open ocean! Yelled out the quartermaster.

The sails came down and the ship set off with the crew running around and getting the ship up to speed.

"So what happens now?" Gumball asked the quartermaster.

"We build up a wanted level." he replied.

"And how do you do that?"

"Easy." Said Columbus as he made his way up the steps to meet them.

"Every time a ship is attacked by pirates someone sends out a dove or whatever bird they have available. This bird carries a message to the nearest fort and alerts the soldiers. They let the soldiers know what ship attack them and if that ship causes to much trouble, they sent hunters after the pirates."

"So where going to do what we do best." Said Lexy also coming up.

"Where going to pillage!" She said with a dastardly tone.

"We already took out that brig you were on and the frigate. One or two more ships and we should be good." Said the quartermaster.

"I'm surprised they haven't already come, considering you took on a navy frigate." Stated Columbus.

"Schooner! 3 miles at most!" Yelled out a crew member from the crows nest.

"A schooner? This close to Nassau? They must have a death wish." Said the quartermaster with delight.

"Move in!" He ordered.

The ship moved in closer to the schooner that didn't stand a chance against it. the schooner approached one of the rock like islands and this on was quit sizable. Gumball and Lexy were standing together with Carrie and Columbus behind them.

"Carrie." Columbus started. "I want to show you something in the captains quarters."

"Does it have to be now." She asked.

"Just quickly."

"Fine, but I don't want to miss anything." She replied.

They went inside passing by Simba standing by at the bottom of the steps. Carrie gave smiled at him as the went by and he returned it. The ship was now within firing range and just needed to turn into position.

"Ready the port side cannons!" Yelled the quartermaster and the crew obeyed.

"Stay away, stay away." Kira whispered in Gumballs head. His smile vanished, his eyes widened and his mouth dropped.

"Stop! Stop! It's a trap!" Gumball yelled looking at the quartermaster. The quartermaster looked at him in confusion, just then a ship appeared from behind the island.

"It's a hunter!" One of the crew man yelled.

"Man your stations and prepare to fire!" Yelled the quartermaster. The ships port side now faced the schooner, who had 4 cannons facing them ready to fire. The hunter came out in front of them with her eleven starboard cannons facing them.

"FIRE!" He yelled at the top of his voice.

The cannons fired at the schooner who fired back. One by one each cannon shot out a cannonball. They ripped through the schooner like a knife through butter, killing several man on board and sending some flying off into the water. The four shots fired in return created minimal damage, but the real threat was still right in front of them. Carrie came outside but was grabbed on the arm by Columbus.

"It's not safe Carrie." He said and pulled her back in.

"Quickly! Fire the chase cannons!." The quartermaster yelled out.

The two chase cannons fired. The one missed it's mark and the other one merely grassed it's reinforced wooden hull. It quickly made it's way next to the Reclaimer, each ship ready to fire. The crew knew very well that their ship was out matched and even if they were lucky enough to survive the next moment, they surely wouldn't survive the next attack. Before the cannons could fire captain Endo ran towards the center mast, grabbed the hook, cut the rope with his sword and was shot up to the top.

"FIRE!"

At the sound of the quartermasters voice the crew ignited the fuses and the cannons shot out there payloads. The cannonballs broke through the hunters hull and managed to take out two cannons before they could fire back. Just then the nine remaining cannons of the hunter shot out cannonballs covered in blazing fire. The cannonballs teared through the hull and hit the Reclaimers deck. Crew men were blasted back and burning shrapnel was flying around all over the place. The ships moved away from each other.

"Damage report!" Asked the quartermaster.

"Three dead, two dying and three cannons knocked out!" A crew man yelled out in response.

"Turn to port side and ready heat shot!"

"I quartermaster!"

Carrie came out again from the captains quarters that received no damage. She looked around and saw Lexy come down the steps and stood next to Simba who was on the floor. She gasped and moved in close.

"Is he ok?" she asked extremely worried.

"He got caught by shrapnel. Looks like it got his shoulder. He should be fine." Lexy said a bit relieved.

"Help me get him inside the captains quarters." Said Carrie to Lexy. They helped him up and took him inside where Columbus was motioning them to hurry up.

The ship had now turned to port side and was and now moved in behind the island to meet it's opponent on the other side. The two ships came out of cover and prepared to fire again.

"Send them to hell!" The quartermaster ordered.

Cannonballs rapped in fire was shot out of the cannons and made there way to the other ship.

"Wait. Wheres the captain?" The quartermaster asked and then looked at the hunter.

In the center of the hunters deck landed the feline captain. He ran towards the men standing by the cannons, removed his sword and swung it at his first target. The jackal blocked it, but it was hit with such force that his sword was knocked out of his hands. The captain then swung again and sliced of the jackals head, causing it's lifeless body to fall to the floor spewing blood everywhere. He put his sword back and grabbing his pistols and he performed his signature move. In less then a minute four pistols were fire at four targets, all of whom died instantly from head shots.

"Kill the fucking bastard!" Yelled the captain of the hunter, an old black and white cartoon character with a bomb for a head.

The sounds of cannons firing could then be heard coming from the Reclaimer. The crew didn't have time to respond as they still had to deal with the intruder. Captain Endo ran towards the middle mast and ducked when a hippo swung his sword at Endo. Captain Endo then came up behind him and stuck his sword into the hippo's spin. He then removed it and went up the mast just as the cannonballs reached the ship. Again shrapnel filled the air and screams of fear and pain joined the sound of destruction as the cannonballs impacted the ship.

"It burns! It burns!" Yelled a crew member, set ablaze by the burning cannonballs and jumped into the sea to stop the burning.

Captain Endo came back down again and walked up to the captain standing by the ships wheel. The captain looked around in shock and anger. He gritted his teeth and pulled out his pistol and his fuse sparked. Captain Endo stopped in front of the bomb headed captain. Calmly he looked him over and tightly held his sword.

"You think you can beat a bullet with a sword?" The bomb headed captain asked.

"I don't have to, because your going to surrender or die by your own stupidity."

The bomb captain let out a laugh. "Maybe you did win, but you wont be around to enjoy it."

"Death by stupidity then." Captain Endo said and pointed at the the fuse which was about a centimeter away from it's mark."

"You son of a-"

BOOM

His headless body fell to the ground burning slightly. Captain Endo managed to jump out of the way just in time. He stood up and looked at the rest of the ship and her crew. They dropped their weapons and watched as the Reclaimer came up next to it.

Credits:

Dante: Dante Watterson

Saigon: Dante Watterson

Lexy: Lexboss

Endo: ArcLight Fire77

Kira: Arclight Fire77

Simba: Loinroar123

Columbus: The Double U

All TAWOG characters belong to Ben Bocquelet

side characters and other OC's me

Special thanks to:

Dante watterson for giving me some ideas.

Story Inspired by:

Assassin creed Black Flag

Pirates of the Caribbean

and my general love for pirate themed stories

Note:

Finally the next chapter is here. Hope you guys enjoyed it and please review it helps a lot.